Katrin Välbe

Katrin Välbe

Birthday: 1904-10-31

Deathday: 1981-07-05

Place of birth: Võru, Estonia

Also known as: Jekaterina Poska

imdb_id: nm1353100

Biography:

Katrin Välbe (until 1929 Jekaterina Poska; October 31, 1904 – July 5, 1981) was an Estonian actress. Katrin Välbe was born Jekaterina Poska in Võru to Gabriel and Lydia Poska. Her father was a lawyer and her uncles included statesman Jaan Poska, politician Mihkel Poska, and Estonian Apostolic Orthodox Church clergymen Nikolai and Paul Poska. After graduating from secondary school, she initially enrolled at the University of Tartu in 1922 to study medical sciences, leaving after one year. In 1930, she graduated from the Drama Theatre School in Tallinn, having studied under drama pedagogue Hilda Gleser. From 1931 until 1944, she worked at Tallinna Töölisteater, from 1945 until 1946 at Noorsooteater, 1946 until 1949 at Estonia Theatre, and from 1949 until 1951 and again from 1952 until 1971 at Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical roles, she also performed as a film actress beginning in the early 1950s, as well as appearing in radio plays and several television films. In 1958, Välbe was awarded as Meritorious Artist of the Estonian SSR.

Played in movies:

Kui saabub õhtu

Score: 8.2

In the Backyard

Score: 7.0

Bonycrone and Captain Drum

Score: 6.5

Summer

Score: 6.2

Between Three Plagues

Score: 6.0

Ice Run

Score: 6.0

Ask the Dead About the Price of Death

Score: 5.8

The Sun and the Rain

Score: 5.7

Naughty Curves

Score: 5.2

Gladiator

Score: 5.0

Underwater Reefs

Score: 5.0

A Woman Heats the Sauna

Score: 3.3

Forest Captain

Score: 2.0

Little Requiem for Harmonica

Score: 0.0

Pöördel

Score: 0.0

Traces

Score: 0.0

Watercolors of One Summer

Score: 0.0

Windy Beach

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Pimedad aknad

Score: 7.0